Bookmarking: If you stop a DVD and eject it before the feature ends, the Xbox 360 console remembers, or bookmarks, the point where you stopped. When you reinsert the DVD, the DVD continues from that point.

Note You cannot turn off the bookmark feature.

Supported regions, formats and discs

Supported regions

Each Xbox 360 console is manufactured for a specific DVD and game region, following international standards. The Xbox 360 console can only play discs that are sold in the same region as the console.

Supported DVD regions

Find the region code represented as a number between 1 and 8 on the packaging, and verify that it matches your region.

The Xbox 360 console does not block video from playing based on a maximum bit rate, resolution or frames per second (fps). Although content with a higher bit rate is not blocked, playback quality may be less than optimal. Use higher bit rates at your own risk.

Maximum supported video file size

The maximum file size for an MPEG-4 Part 2 or H.264 file is 4 GB. However, Windows Media Player 11 and the Zune software support streaming WMV files larger than 4 GB.

Use an Xbox controller for playback

To control playback, use the following controller shortcuts:

To...

Press...

Play or pause

Note If the DVD is bookmarked, it will start playing automatically where it was stopped the last time you viewed it.

START

Skip back one chapter

LBor
A, then select skip back

Skip forward one chapter

RBor
A, then select skip forward

Fast forward

RT

Rewind

LT

Page up through a list of items.

RT

Page down through a list of items.

LT

Open the on-screen display for more advanced playback controls.

X, Y

Basic and advanced playback menu options

Basic on-screen menu

Advanced on-screen menu

Stop or pause DVD playback

Enable subtitles

Fast-forward or rewind the DVD

Change camera angle

Move to the previous or next chapter on the DVD

Change the audio channel

Move to the main menu for the DVD

Zoom the picture

Move to the title menu for the DVD

Set an A-B looping repeating point

Display an on-screen information pane

Display modes

The display mode specifies the size, or aspect ratio, that the content is displayed at.

To access different display modes while watching a DVD or Netflix movie, press A on your controller and then select Display.

If you are watching a DVD for the first time, the display mode defaults to Auto. If you change the display mode, the next time that you watch the same DVD, the console uses the new setting.

Display mode

Description

Auto

Automatically determines the optimal viewing experience of a DVD. The aspect ratio (for example, 4 × 3 or 16 × 9) of the original content is retained.

Letterbox

Displays the image full screen while retaining the aspect ratio of the original DVD.

Full-screen

Displays the image full screen with a 4 × 3 aspect ratio. This can be helpful for older content that may have an aspect ratio of 4 × 3 with black bars encoded into the image.